Gregory Maguire quotes - page 2

No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice. (Gregory Maguire)
I take responsibility only for the future, not the past. The past can't hurt you the way the future can. View quote
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You confuse not speaking with not listening. View quote
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Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping. View quote
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There was much to hate in this world and too much to love. View quote
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And girls need cold anger. They need the cold simmer, the ceaseless grudge, the talent to avoid forgiveness, the side stepping of compromise. They need to know when they say something that they will never back down, ever, ever. View quote
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Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny. View quote
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Indeed, she often wondered if she were dead, or dying from the inside out, and that was the root of her calm, the reason she could surrender her character. View quote
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Of course. You get everything from books. View quote
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Okay let's get this over with, no I'm not seasick, yes I've always been green, No I didn't eat grass as a child. View quote
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The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew. (Gregory Maguire)
Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face. View quote
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In the lives of children, pumpkins turn into coaches, mice and rats turn into men. When we grow up, we realize it is far more common for men to turn into rats. View quote
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I learned failure early and mastered it. View quote
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Wrong takes an awful long time to be proven, in my experience. View quote
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In summer moonlight, she was dangerously, inebriatingly magnified. View quote
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Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle. View quote
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When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis, those who are the most themselves are the victims. View quote
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The truth isn't a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on. View quote
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It's unbecoming," she agreed. "A perfect word for my new life. Unbecoming. I who have always been unbecoming am becoming un. View quote
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Happy endings are still endings. (Gregory Maguire)
One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her~is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? View quote
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Not an ugly color, Nanny thought. Just not a human color. View quote
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The moon rose, an opalescent goddess tipping light from her harsh maternal scimitar. View quote
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They moved together, blue diamonds on a green field. View quote
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Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire - Image
Photo: Jeremy Goldstein, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Novelist
Born: June 9, 1954
Quotes count: 102

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